Politics and the Russian Army - Civil-Military Relations, 1689-2000

Klappentext This comprehensive overview of the political role of the Russian military (from Peter the Great's time in 1689 to the present) reveals why Russia has not experienced a successful military coup in over two centuries. Including materials from archives and interviews! the book covers the Imperial! Soviet! and post-Soviet periods through detailed analysis of some of the most important events in Russian political history. Zusammenfassung This book is a comprehensive overview of the political role of the Russian military! from the time of Peter the Great to the present! explaining why Russia has not experienced a military coup in over two centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Explaining military intervention; 2. Cultural change in the Imperial Russian Army, 1689-1914; 3. The army and revolution, 1917; 4. From revolution to war, 1917-41; 5. From victory to stagnation, 1945-85; 6. Gorbachev, Perestroika, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1985-91; 7. Yeltsin and the New Russia, 1992-2000; 8. Organizational culture and the future of Russian civil-military relations.

Product details

• Authors: Brian D Taylor, Brian D. Taylor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2003
• EAN: 9780521016940
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01694-0
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Eastern Europe, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Educational: Citizenship and social education, Educational: Citizenship & social education